PRESS NOTE
GWS honours SSC toppers
Chairman of Gulf Goans Hotels Mr. Francis J. Fernandes presenting GWS
Scholarship Award to Ms. Leanne Merle Moniz
in the presence of GWS Honorary President Mr. Alex Wilson Coelho.
At glittering function at Hotel Delmon in Panaji, Goan Welfare Society-Kuwait
honoured Ms. Neha da Rocha and Leanne Merle Moniz for their outstanding
performance at the March 2010 SSC examination conducted by the Goa Board of
Secondary & Higher Sec. Education.
Ms. Neha da Rocha a student passed out through Dona Leonor Memorial High
School, Porvorim who secured 95.16% marks and Ms. Leanne Merle Moniz from Our
Lady of Carmel High School, Curtorim who secured 91.66% were presented
Scholarship awards instituted by Patron member of GWS Mr. Sam Alphonso at the
hands of Mr. Francis J. Fernandes, Chairman and Managing Director of Gulf Goans
Hotels Co. Ltd.(Hotel Goan Heritage) in the presence of Mr. Alex Wilson Coelho,
Honorary President of GWS, members of the Board and shareholders of Gulf Goans
Hotels Co. Ltd.
Goan Welfare Society is an Organization which caters to the cultural, health,
financial educational and other needs of Goans not only in Kuwait but also in
Goa. Honouring students from Goa who excel at the SSC examination has been an
annual feature of the Society from 1995 inorder to encourage students to
perform better in their higher studies.
Earlier Mr. Alex Wilson Coelho welcomed the distinguished gathering which
mainly comprised of the Board Members and shareholders of Gulf Goans Hotels Co.
Ltd, parents and students. Mr. Antonio Quadros, Block Resource Person from Goa
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and former A.D.E.I of Salcete conducted the proceedings
of the programme. Ms. Neha da Rocha thanked the organizers and assured them of
better performance in her higher studies.
